NgokukaJohane 20:19-29

Kwathi kusihlwa, ngalolo lusuku lokuqala lweviki, iminyango ivaliwe lapho abafundi babekhona ngenxa yokwesaba abaJuda, uJesu wafika wema phakathi kwabo, wathi kubo: “Ukuthula makube kini.” Esekushilo lokho wabakhombisa izandla zakhe nohlangothi lwakhe. Base bethokoza abafundi lapho beyibona iNkosi. UJesu wabuye wathi kubo: “Ukuthula makube kini. Njengalokhu uBaba engithumile Mina, nami ngiyanithuma nina.” Esekushilo lokho, wabaphephetha, wathi kubo: “Yamukelani uMoya oNgcwele. Enibathethelela izono zabo, bathethelelwe; neningabathetheleli, abathethelelwe.” Kepha uThomase, omunye wabali-12, okuthiwa nguDidimu, wayengekho mhla uJesu efika. Ngakho-ke abanye abafundi bathi kuye: “Siyibonile iNkosi.” Kepha wathi kubo: “Uma ngingaliboni inxeba lezipikili ezandleni zayo, ngifake umunwe wami enxebeni lezipikili, ngifake isandla sami ohlangothini lwayo, angisoze ngakholwa.” Emva kwezinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili abafundi bakaJesu besendlini noThomase ekhona, uJesu wangena iminyango ivaliwe, wema phakathi kwabo, wathi: “Ukuthula makube kini.” Wayesethi kuThomase: “Letha umunwe wakho lapha, ubone izandla zami; letha isandla sakho, usifake ohlangothini lwami; ungabi ngongakholwa, kodwa okholwayo.” UThomase waphendula, wathi kuye: “Nkosi yami, Nkulunkulu wami!” UJesu wathi kuye: “Ngenxa yokuba usungibonile, usuyakholwa yini na? Babusisiwe abakholwa bengabonanga.”